My hair turns into a rat's nest if I look at it the wrong way, while my mother has the sort of smooth well behaved hair I've always been envious of; she never quite knew what to do with mine, and so much ouchiness ensued. »3/30/15 10:26am Yesterday 10:26am

The entirety of my comics purchases nowadays are digital. Lucky me, you can get comics super cheap through Comixology, Amazon, and Google Play. So this is going to be my semi-regular effort to help others keep up with digital comics on the cheap. Check it out. »3/27/15 2:08pm Friday 2:08pm

Taking a break from our usual crazy at Hackerspace, the reader run branch of the LifeHacker family, this week's open thread is a calm little place for y'all to ask questions, share tips, discuss DIY, and just pull up a keyboard and tell us all about what's new and interesting and random. This week we bring you the… »3/27/15 9:00am Friday 9:00am

Hello, friends, and welcome to this week's cross thread. Today, I present to you the video shown in every college biology class since it was made in 2006 by XVIVO for Harvard professors to show in their undergraduate classes: The Inner Life of the Cell. A longer, narrated version is presented here, but if you would… »3/26/15 8:55am Thursday 8:55am

I have a tip, possibly, for all you nicotine heads who are chewing the gum. At some point when you're chewing, say, Nicorettes, you might be at 4mg for a while. After a few months of that, it may be time to drop down to 2. I've done this as of last week. So now there's even less of an urge for the gum.

Most people underestimate the power of music. However, they can't deny the impact it has on their lives by way of the entertainment industry, and the performing arts. (I should know — while freelance writing, I'm also a musician, a songwriter, and a programming consultant for an FM radio station). »3/23/15 8:51pm 3/23/15 8:51pm

Trying to tweak a d3 image but don't want to fire up a full blown IDE? Give codepen a try. This nifty little tool bills itself as a "Front End Designer Playground" and auto updates, so you can instantly see how that tweak to HTML, JS, or CSS is changing your site. It's also super duper newbie friendly and free for the… »3/23/15 12:58pm 3/23/15 12:58pm

In the last installment, Moon asked me to write a Hackerspace guide to starting a bar fight without getting involved yourself. I am an expert on not getting involved in bar fights because I've never started one. In true Hackerspace fashion, I shall not let that deter me from giving advice. »3/20/15 6:07am 3/20/15 6:07am

This week seems to be one of those incredibly slow news weeks for Android. I haven't seen anything that really caught my attention this week to be honest with you. Of course that's subjective and purely my opinion, what I don't think is news others might disagree with. »3/19/15 7:01pm 3/19/15 7:01pm

If you're an author on a Kinja blog, you can see drafts of posts on that Kinja blog, even if they're written by other people. This is how comments appear on the Friday open thread before they're posted. 😱 »3/19/15 1:24pm 3/19/15 1:24pm